I noticed that it's all different than on the Majesty, the stages aren't not at the same place than the Viking Crown Lounge, so, if I don't want to walk too much, I will have to find a place to attend to the pool deck gigs Glad that we have the time to visit the ship before the departure

I just realized that our cabin is just steps away from The Catacombs. Seeing how I have very few bands I want to see, I'll be spending a lot of time there.

We're pretty close to it, too. What's kinda nifty is, The Catacombs is the ACTUAL Royal Caribbean name of that two-floor bar...and I can't imagine anything more unlikely on a "regular" cruise -- with all the grannies and grandpas onbroad -- than a goth-themed bar.

Word to the wise: per CruiseCritic, that stairway inside the club can be VERY slippery and easy to fall on, especially if you're a bit sozzled.

Looks awesome! Will print. The Pool Stage will mess with me this year--with the stage facing the front on the ship.Hoof and Claw pub looks cool--they have some nice craft beers--but on CruiseCritic, people said it was small and very smoky with very little ventilation

Royal Caribbean wrote:Q: Where can I smoke inside?A: Indoor smoking is permitted in the Casino, the cigar clubs on Freedom and Voyager Class ships, and one designated smoking venue on ships sailing from Chinese homeports.

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Jaimie38 wrote:Looks awesome! Will print. The Pool Stage will mess with me this year--with the stage facing the front on the ship.Hoof and Claw pub looks cool--they have some nice craft beers--but on CruiseCritic, people said it was small and very smoky with very little ventilation

Surely we can just get a bucket of craft beers and take them out to the pool?... Nothing like 6 strong beers to start the day.

Also, are my eyes deceiving me or is the large bottle of Chimay blue $20??!!!

Okay, that's in a store, but in local pubs it's also never more than 7 to 9 euros for a bottle of beer of 75cl. Most beers here come in a 33cl format and they cost between 2.5 euro and 4 euro in any kind of pub.

Guess I'm spoiled. I'm not used to paying more than a couple of euro's for any beer...

Except you probably won't get near the quality of one of those craft beers. At most bars/restaurants here in Mexico you got your regular industrial national cheap beers like Corona that go for $2 USD or so, and then on the few that have them, the craft national beers that range from $3 to $4 (and those are GOOD beers). The import beers range from maybe $3 to rarely more than $8 (for the premium stuff). So yeah, for us here the boat prices are a bit expensive.